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ff^ch^S:]   DEPOSITIONS TO THE SCHEDULE,    239
-133, 4d« the barrel; and every barrel contained i     -£    s.   d. cwt.......    -..    ......*............    ...    333    6   8
And there were, in addition,, at the same time of the fight, in the three ships, the Swallow, the Grace of God, and 'the Angel, 10 barrels of [corn] gunpowder, worth [at £6 13$.4^.] ......... 6613 4
-Moreover there were, then, in all the same four ships, these parcels of armour; which were also provided upon the charge of Sir WILLIAM GARRARD and Company,' '
£    s.  d.
First, 70 Corslets            [at about 245. each] worth      85    o   o
Item, 250 Jacks               [at xos. each] worth    ...    125    o   o
Item, 250 Pikes               [02 3$. each] worth      ...      37 10    o
Item, 250 Calivers     '    ' [at 205. each] worth^  ...    250    o    o Item, 40 Partisans           [at 135. 4^. each] worth       26 13   4
Item, 200 Brown Bills     [at is. 6d. each] worth...      15    o    o Item, 100 Bows and 100 Sheafs of Arrows [at 5$.
the Bow and Sheaf of Arrows] worth       ......      25    o   o
All which sums do amount to.........£984   3  4
Which this Deponent knoweth the better, for that he hath good experience in armour and munition, and by that occasion, knoweth, that the like of such parcels afore declared, be commonly bought and sold for the several prices above declared.
Of all which parcels, this Deponent was spoiled by the Spaniards, in the fight before by him declared.
SCHEDULE 4. — Two anchors and three cables^ belonging to the Minion ................ £200.
JOHN  HAWKINS, Esq.
|N THE fight before mentioned, the Minion (which was set forth, this last voyage, by the appointment of the said Sir WILLIAM GARRARD and Company) ; the better to shift for herself from the fired ships (being, in a manner, come upon her), did lose in the said